Trams rights: Citizens of this former colonial capital are rising up to protect Asia’s oldest electric transport system ...News

Kolkata residents are protesting as the authorities seek to end the city’s iconic tramway system, bucking a global trend of reviving this cleaner, more efficient mode of public transportation On October 5, a protest rally blocked College Street in the heart of Kolkata, in the eastern India state of West Bengal. It was a motley group: Students, people from different professions, and senior citizens, out to save a part of the city’s identity – Asia’s oldest tram service, running for over 152 years. The group was small considering the city’s political culture but the social media outcry was much bigger. The city’s tr

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